Ephraim heeeington



(No Model.)

E. HERRINGTON.

EoEsE BREAKING VEHICLE. No.- 3'78,'837. Patented Feb..28, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EPHRAIM HERRINGTON, OF MONT VERNON, GEORGIA.

HORSE-BREAKING VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming pari: of Letters Patent No. 378,837, dated February 28, 1888.

Application filed September 19, 1887. Serial No. 250,096. (No model.) 4

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, EPHRAIM HERRINGTON, of Mount Vernon, Montgomery county, Georgia, have invented an Improved Horse-Breaking Vehicle, of which the following is a specification.

The special object of the invention is -to make a vehicle for breaking colts and wild horses, so that the operator cannot be injured or the vehicle seriously damaged.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view; Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical section, Fig. 3, a plan view.

In the drawings, A A represent the wheels; B, the axle; G, the seat; D, the bottom, curving up in front; and E, the treadle, connected by the rods e e with the brake-shoes e e. The front D is provided with the guide-pins d, tenoned at the end to play freely through the shield E, and connected with said shield by the spiral springs F, which encircle the pins.

G is a padded platel carrying in front the pins g, tenoned to work freely through the front D and encircled by the spiral springs H. When the animal kicks, the springbaoked shield E takes'the blow yieldingly and without injury to vehicle or horse, while if the operator is vthrown forward against the cushioned and spring-held plate G no harm is done. outlet for the driver.

K K represent side-boards, which extend forward so as to form shafts for the* horse, and have slots 7c, through which pass the .bands I, which are buckled around the horses body,

The rear is open, so as to allow an easy' while the traces J pass on the outside of the shafts and are secured on draft-hooks j. I

thus confine the animal, so that he has little' 4throw the Vehicle laterally to one side as it is being carried against a tree or other obstacle.

Having thus described all that is necessary to a full understanding of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-

.1. In a horse-breaking vehicle, the shafts made broad or deep, provided with slots k, and made integral with the side-boards'K, as and for the purpose set' forth.

2. In a horse-breaking vehicle, the curved shield E, arranged in front of the body of vehicle and held forward by springs, as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a horse-breaking vehicle, the padded springsupported plate G, arranged on the inf side of the front D', as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In ahorse-breaking vehicle, the protectorplates L L, arranged on a backward incline over the front of the wheels, as and for the purpose specified.

EPHRAIM HERRINGTON.

Vitnesses:

THOMAS I. SIMPsoN, A. RUPPERT. 

